Senator Sanders given clean bill of health after earlier heart attack
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders underwent a stress test in December after a heart attack in October required the Democratic presidential candidate to have two stents placed by doctors, his physician said in a statement released on Monday by his doctor.
U.S. lawmaker and civil rights hero John Lewis has pancreatic cancer
Democratic Representative John Lewis, a hero of the U.S. civil rights movement, said on Sunday he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Twitter system ‘outage’ briefly blocked Trump whistleblower tweet
A tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump that identified an intelligence analyst as the alleged whistleblower who helped spark his impeachment was temporarily blocked at the weekend, with Twitter blaming an outage that affected a number of user account…
Republican senator: no rules, many options for Trump impeachment trial
Republican Senator John Kennedy, a frequent defender of President Donald Trump, said on Sunday there were no real rules for how the U.S. Senate should run its impeachment trial and that the chamber could choose to hear witnesses and evidence.
U.S. promises action on any North Korea missile test: White House
The United States would be very disappointed if North Korea tested a long-range or nuclear missile and would take appropriate action as a leading military and economic power, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday.
U.S. monitoring North Korea closely, finds situation concerning: White House
The United States is monitoring North Korea’s actions closely and finds the situation there concerning but there are open lines of communications between the two countries, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday.
Christianity Today’s split with Trump highlights deeper issue in white evangelical America
After evangelical publication Christianity Today published a blistering editorial on what it called Donald Trump’s “grossly immoral character”, some church leaders and the U.S. president himself denounced the criticism as elitist and out-of-touch.
Facing blowback, Biden clarifies stance on impeachment trial testimony
U.S. Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Saturday said there would be “no legal basis” for Republicans to subpoena his testimony in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clarifying remarks from Friday that drew criticism.
Democrat Warren’s U.S. presidential campaign issues fundraising plea
Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign told supporters on Friday its fundraising haul stands at just over $17 million and made a plea for more donations with just days left in the fourth quarter.
Exclusive: After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead
In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration last month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Cabinet members and top aides from across the government recommended against it, five people knowledgeable about the matter told Reuters.
